Just took a big step

ErbemanErbeman Registered Users Posts: 926 Major grins
edited February 20, 2010 in Sports
I ordered my first big strobe kit.

http://www.bowensusa.com/content/pages/kitpro500500.html

Anyone else here using Bowens? They are from the UK. \

My wife surprised me with this a few weeks ago

http://www.sekonic.com/products/Sekonic%20L-758DR%20DIGITALMASTER.asp

I took a class on off camera lighting and the Pro beat it into our heads that we need to get a light meter before we spend money on anything else. I told my wife about it afterwards and she contacted the Pro and found out which one he uses and she got me one. I'm setup now to start doing portrait photography. I got hired last week to shoot the upcoming prom here where I live. A few days later one of the moms who has bought many MX photos of her son from me asked if I would shoot his Senior pics in the spring. So, it looks like I'm about to broaden my photography quite a bit. I can't wait to start playing with this stuff!
Come see my Photos at:
http://www.RussErbePhotography.com :thumb
http://www.sportsshooter.com/erbeman



D700, D300, Nikkor 35-70 F/2.8, Nikkor 50mm F/1.8, Nikkor 70-200 AF-S VR F/2.8, Nikkor AF-S 1.7 teleconverter II,(2) Profoto D1 500 Air,SB-900, SB-600, (2)MB-D10, MacBook Pro

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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,940 moderator
    edited February 17, 2010
    Congrats! If you use PW's, some of the Sekonics can be fitted with a PW trigger. Makes set up a real easy thing to do.
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  • leftcoast650leftcoast650 Registered Users Posts: 105 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2010
    Congrats on the come up!

    If you don't mind me asking, but how much did you pay for the kit? I can't find the kit anywhere online..
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  • ErbemanErbeman Registered Users Posts: 926 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2010
    ian408 wrote:
    Congrats! If you use PW's, some of the Sekonics can be fitted with a PW trigger. Makes set up a real easy thing to do.


    Yup it's got wireless triggering. I haven't started reading the manual yet.
    Come see my Photos at:
    http://www.RussErbePhotography.com :thumb
    http://www.sportsshooter.com/erbeman



    D700, D300, Nikkor 35-70 F/2.8, Nikkor 50mm F/1.8, Nikkor 70-200 AF-S VR F/2.8, Nikkor AF-S 1.7 teleconverter II,(2) Profoto D1 500 Air,SB-900, SB-600, (2)MB-D10, MacBook Pro
  • ErbemanErbeman Registered Users Posts: 926 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2010
    leftcoast650 wrote:
    Congrats on the come up!

    If you don't mind me asking, but how much did you pay for the kit? I can't find the kit anywhere online..

    Thanks. The only place in the U.S that I found it was at B&H. They don't stock it though. So I won't get it for a few weeks. I paid $1,822 plus $55 for shipping. I'll get the battery pack and wireless triggers for it in a bit.
    Come see my Photos at:
    http://www.RussErbePhotography.com :thumb
    http://www.sportsshooter.com/erbeman



    D700, D300, Nikkor 35-70 F/2.8, Nikkor 50mm F/1.8, Nikkor 70-200 AF-S VR F/2.8, Nikkor AF-S 1.7 teleconverter II,(2) Profoto D1 500 Air,SB-900, SB-600, (2)MB-D10, MacBook Pro
  • ToshidoToshido Registered Users Posts: 759 Major grins
    edited February 18, 2010
    leftcoast650 wrote:
    Congrats on the come up!

    If you don't mind me asking, but how much did you pay for the kit? I can't find the kit anywhere online..


    B&H carries them... Need to work on search-fu.

    Congrats Erbeman
    http://www.tag-photos.smugmug.com
  • ZerodogZerodog Registered Users Posts: 1,480 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2010
    Cool. Nice work.
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